Building a Brigade Combat Team

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Ft Bliss Expansion Program

• Building a Brigade Combat Team
• 2007 Texoma-Missouri River
• Regional Education and Training Conference
• 10 October 2007

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Ft Bliss Expansion Program

• Objective of todays presentation
• Discuss the current state of the execution plan
  developed 2 ½ years ago to delivery 2 Bil of
  mission critical and community facilities to Ft
  Bliss

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Ft Bliss Execution Plan

• Required Criteria
• Meet MILCON Transformation Objectives
• Meet Small Business Goals
• Utilize Other Corps Districts in the Region
• Be Flexible

• Desirable Features
• Incorporated Elements of the COS concept
• Engaged all Supporting District at Program
  Start-up

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MT Objectives

• Army sets facility requirements and standards
• Standardization facilities processes
• Continuous building program
• Manufactured building solutions - Types I-V
  construction
• Longer term customer and industry (IDIQs)
  relationships

• Army standards were used
• User requested change process in effect

• Model RFP used on All Facilities
• Centralized Bidder Inquiry System

• Major Project started every six months
• Maximum effort to provide a level funding flow
  across the program

• Barracks, COFs
• Headquarters in CAB as a prime contract

• IDIQ Contract durations set-up to meet three
  years projection

Quality facilities delivered in less time at
lower cost
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Execution Timeline
Apr 05 Execution Planning Started Jun 05 Land
Development / Product-line Concept Approved Aug
05 Product Delivery Team Formed Sep 05 Interim
LDE Hired Nov 05 BRAC 05 Enacted Jan 06 PL
Solicitation Issued Mar 06 Projects
Authorized May 06 LDE Task Order Issued Aug
06 First PL and Infrastructure Task Orders
Issued Sep 06 Turned Dirt Feb 07 PL Foundation
Work Started Mar 08 First Buildings
Completed Sep 08 1st Brigade Combat Team Fully
Occupied
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Brigade Combat Team
BCT Configurations Heavy Light Stryker
Future Combat Systems Other Unit Types
Combat Aviation Brigade Fires Brigade
Sustainment Brigade
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Brigade Combat Team Footprint
390M 1.4M SF 40 Buildings 230K SY
Parking
Approx. 300 Acre Site
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Biggs AAF and East Biggs
The Challenge

• 50 Projects
• 250 Buildings
• 2,500 Acres
• 20,000 Soldiers
• 8,000,000 SF
• 2,300,000,000

BCT 3
BCT 4
Town Center
BCT 2
BCT 1
CAB
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Land Development Approach

• Acquire services of an experienced land
  development engineering firm
• Significant part of the program delivery team
• Responsible for all aspects of site development,
  site design and site integration of all
  utilities and facilities
• Provide manpower to assist with the project
  management and construction oversight duties
• Site and infrastructure construction work will be
  accomplished by Infrastructure Multiple Award
  Task Order Contracts (MATOCs).

• 5 Year with capacity of 75 Mil

• 45 Tasks Orders valued at 40 Mil

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Brigade Combat Team Facilities
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Urban Design Concept
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• East Biggs - BCT
• Area Development Guide

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Biggs Army Airfield- CAB Area Development Guide
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East Biggs Town Center Area Development Guide
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Land Development Approach

• Acquire services of an experienced land
  development engineering firm
• Significant player on the program delivery team
• Responsible for all aspects of site development,
  site design and site integration of all
  utilities and facilities
• Provide manpower to assist with the project
  management and construction oversight duties
• Site and infrastructure construction work
  accomplished by Multiple Award Task Order
  Contracts (MATOCs).

• 5 Year with capacity of 75 Mil

• 45 Tasks Orders valued at 40 Mil

• Grading, Roadways, Utility Distribution,
  Substation, Landscaping

• Master Schedule, Construction Phasing, Document
  Control

• 50 full time personnel augmenting field and
  District staffs

• 5 large business and 8 Set-aside with capacity
  of 600 Mil
• Awarded 15 task orders valued at 250 Mil

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Infrastructure Contracts
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InfrastructureFt Worth District
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Walkways, Parking, LandscapingGalveston District
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Product Line Approach

• Facilities are provided through Design-Build
  IDIQ Contracts set up for each type of facility
  (Product-Lines).
• Standards Criteria for each product-line is
  provided by USACE Centers of Standardization
  (CoS)
• Support Districts are assigned to each product
  line and provide Cradle to Grave support for
  task orders issued against their product-line
  contracts.
• On-site Resident Offices will administer all
  site and product-line task orders execution

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Product-line Contracts
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BarracksFt Worth District
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Company Operation FacilitiesAlbuquerque District
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Tactical Equipment Maint FacTulsa District
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BDE/BN Headquarters BldgSacramento District
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Dining FacilityLittle Rock District
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Deployment StorageSacramento District
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BCT1, BCT2, Training Campus 12 Feb 2007
2nd BCT
1st BCT
Training Campus
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BCT1, BCT2, Training Campus10 May 2007
2nd BCT
1st BCT
Training Campus
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BCT1, BCT2, Training Campus13 August 2007
BCT2
UEPH
BCT1
HQ
COF
TEMF
Training Campus
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East Biggs Aerial PhotoSeptember 2007
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Its a Great Day to Be a Soldier!!

• Discussion..